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Aquarius Full Moon: Good Trouble

Let freedom ring!

Just before his death on July 17, Rep. John Lewis insisted on visiting Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, DC. “I just had to see and feel it for myself that, after many years of silent witness, the truth is still marching on,” said the civil rights leader and congressman in a New York Times Op-Ed.…

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Cancer New Moon: Facing Facts

What would you do if someone you trusted implicitly, who’d been your angel for many years, suddenly became your devil? That’s what astrologer and TV personality Walter Mercado had to deal with, when his long-time manager stole his name, likeness and ability to earn a living – sparking a six year court battle in which Mercado lost millions and suffered a near-fatal heart attack from the stress.…

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Capricorn Lunar Eclipse: What is True Patriotism?

None are free until all are free…

What does it mean to be a patriot? The term commonly signifies a person who loves his or her country enough to support and defend it. …

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Cancer New Moon: The Mother of all Eclipses!

Giving birth to a new world… Artwork by Pamela Matthews

Kimberly Baskett Gunter was terrified. It was the third time her two-month-old daughter had nearly choked to death, yet doctors still couldn’t find anything wrong with her.…

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Sagittarius Full Moon Eclipse: A Tipping Point

Rioting in the streets. Cop cars torched. Protests
in at least 140 cities. After the horrifying May 25 killing of George Floyd by
police, frustrations already stretched to the breaking point during Covid-19 lock-downs
could no longer be contained.…

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Gemini New Moon: Seeking the Truth

Lately we seem to be living in a parallel universe. Fact or fiction?  Wisdom or delusion? When reality is as distorted as a fun-house mirror and people are at each other’s throats, it’s hard to say for sure.…

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Scorpio Full Moon: A Time to Howl

What do you do when you’re at your wits’ end? You step outside and howl. You howl for a front-line worker who died in a car wreck on her way to work.…

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Taurus New Moon: Oneness with Nature

“The times are urgent. We must slow down.”  –African proverb.

Watercolor by Isobel Lillian Gloag

What are you doing these days to stay relaxed and connected? Lately I’ve been taking afternoon siestas in the garden (when it’s not raining), where I created a sitting area.…

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Libra Full Moon: Creative Collaborations

This time of worldwide illness and quarantine is frustrating beyond belief. But it has also proved to be an incubator for creative collaborations – from teenagers shopping for elderly neighbors to people rescuing foster pets at drive-through shelters.…

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A Venus Prosperity Talisman

Create your own or copy mine!

In the midst of a pandemic, as we scramble to shore up our financial resources, comes a timely blessing and opportunity. Tomorrow, March 27th we have Venus, powerful in her own sign of Taurus along with the Moon, exalted in Taurus, on a Friday, the day that’s sacred to Venus, under a waxing Moon.…

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